10-Sep-15 Parkway Pantai, a unit of the world's second largest healthcare group by market value, IHH Healthcare Bhd, intends to use acquisitions to expand in India, where the private hospitals market is estimated to be worth USD55 billion a year, but companies must obtain as many as 70 clearances from federal and local authorities to launch a new facility. [image: Reuters / Shailesh Andrade]

06-Sep-15 With thousands of knee replacement surgeries performed in India annually, about 10% require revision surgery. In view of the need for revision surgeries, Apollo Hospitals has entered into an understanding with Orthopaedic Clinic Lindenlohe, Germany. Under the agreement, Indian surgeons will get be trained in Germany and a professor from the clinic will visit Apollo Hyderabad twice a year. [image: Money Control]

06-Sep-15 mHealth is aiding health in developing countries where traditional healthcare may prevent patients from receiving optimal care. At the Global Forum on Research & Innovation for Health in Manila, the Korean Intl Cooperation Agency said with 6.3 billion mobile subscribers worldwide, 80% from developing countries, health services through mobiles can reach even those with insufficient access to traditional healthcare. [image: Samuel Aranda / Panos]

04-Sep-15 India's Dr. Reddy’s new venture capital arm is considering 20 business proposals, including a chain of dental clinics and health-diagnostic laboratories, and is likely to back one or two as part of a plan to transform India’s second-largest drug maker into a broader health-focused company. [image: Mint]

03-Sep-15 Rajasthan is the third Indian state to start Swasthya Bima Yojana (Health Insurance Scheme), following Maharashtra and Tamilnadu. More than 45 million people in the state will benefit from cashless health care facilities through private and public health care providers under the scheme. [image: Rajasthan News]